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Firefighters on the Dixie Fire.

Climate & Environment

‘Everything Is Ready to Burn.’ The West Braces for a Brutal Fire Season

By Christine Peterson

The author uses forward facing sonar to catch crappie and learn about their behavior.

Crappie Fishing

When Do Crappie Spawn? Just Follow This Water Temperature Guide

By Cory Schmidt

A black ink illustration of a longbeard wild turkey running with a blue background.

I Hunted One Gobbler So Obsessively It Nearly Cost Me My Job

By Nathan Taylor

An american shad with a rainbow sheen

Quick Strike Podcast: The Secret Spoon for Catching Big Shad

An illustration of an owl swooping at a grown man and his son

Catfish Fishing

For His First Camp Out, I Took My Son to an Old Bootlegger’s Island in the Bayou

By Earl E. Guess

A woman runs from a family of black bears in an illustration

I Raised 3 Kids Alone in the Wilderness. Surviving Bear and Moose Attacks Was (Almost) Routine

By Olive A. Fredrickson

Two vintage bass photos

Old-School Tips for Catching Big Bass Right Now

An illustration of a hunter in fringe with a rifle looking out over a herd of buffalo on the yellow plains.

The Near-Death Moments That Nearly Finished Two Iconic American Gunmakers

By Jack O'Connor

5 old school trout flies on a beige background.

5 Overlooked, Old-School Trout Flies to Throw This Spring

Side by side photos of a kid with giant catfish

Catfish Fishing

11-Year-Old Battles a 72-Pound Catfish and Just Misses Catching a State Record

An Idaho license plate.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Just Made It Much Harder to Get a Lifetime Hunting License After Nonresidents, Influencers Abuse It

By Natalie Krebs

A sketchy illustration of a snake catcher

I Quit Fishing for the Addictive Thrill of Hunting Rattlesnakes — and Got Bit

By Dr. C. E. Kuschel

how to catch channel catfish

Catfish Fishing

How to Catch Channel Catfish — and Why You Should Target Them This Spring

A vintage photo of a turkey hunter in old-school camo.

12 Old-School Tips for Tagging Wary Gobblers

A painting of a main in the snow with a handful of flames

Wilderness Survival

I Nearly Died in the Woods Because I Broke the Cardinal Rule of Getting Lost

By Robert Fisher, as told to Ben East

An Etsy wild fur seller, Maine Wild Harvest Co., who is pulling their business off Etsy.

Policy & Legislation

Online Retail Giant Bows to Activists by Banning Fur Sales. It’s Hurting Conservation and American Trappers

By Natalie Krebs

A landlocked salmon fisherman

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: The Early-Season Salmon Bite Most Anglers Miss

A coyote hide in a washing machine.

How to Clean a Coyote Hide in Your Washing Machine

An illustration of a herd of pronghorn antelope.

Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

hellgrammite best live baits

The Best Live Baits Most Anglers Ignore (But Fish Can’t Resist)

magazine pages showing cougar attacking hunter

Predator Hunting

The Night I Treed Four Cougars, and Nearly Died Chasing Them

By E. Boyd Hilderbrand, as told to Ken Crandall

A blue illustration of a tornado sweeping away a barn

I Set a Bass Fishing Record, Then Was Nearly Killed By a Tornado

By August Manweiler

an illustration of a lost, haggard man

Wilderness Survival

The Miraculous Story of How an Old, Lost Hunter Was Rescued from the Woods, Against All Odds

A plethora of spinnerbaits and a rod and reel for fishing them.

How to Fish a Spinnerbait: This Classic Bass Lure Is Just as Effective as Ever

By Derek Horner

The big grizzly creek mule deer

Mule Deer Hunting

“You Can’t Eat Antlers.” One of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in Colorado Was Nearly Lost to History

By Arthur Hawthorne Carhart

A rusty revolver located in a river.

5 Wild Things We’ve Found While Fishing in Rivers

A wild turkey looks around nervously in the woods.

I Had a Perfect Setup — Then Made the Worst Move in Turkey Hunting

By Charles Elliott

A wild turkey struts in a green spring field.

Turkey Hunting Is the Best Way to Introduce Someone to Hunting. Change My Mind

A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass.

I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

A man holds up a nice early season striper against a blue sky.

Striped Bass Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: The First Stripers of the Year Are Already Biting. Here’s How to Find Them

Juice the frog dog fetches bullfrogs in Louisiana.

Meet Juice, the 7-Year-Old Lab from Louisiana Who Fetches Bullfrogs

By Natalie Krebs

Survival Skills

8 Weird Yet Effective Ways to Start a Fire

By Tim MacWelch

A collection of sketches of men and rattlesnakes.

I Watched a Giant Rattlesnake Kill a Man

By Archibald Rutledge

An illustration of a game warden riding a horse and facing a poacher with a rifle

Wildlife Management

I Took Down Outlaws, Poachers, and Plenty of Politicians in My 22 Years as Chief Game Warden

By Elliott S. Barker

a happy dog running in a green field

How to Turn a Rescue, a Couch-Potato Lab, or an Off-Breed Pup into a Hunting Dog

By Jennifer Wapenski

American alligator split image in the everglades

We Fished a Hidden Spot Deep in the Everglades. It Was the Most Violent Fishing I’ve Ever Experienced

By Charles Elliott

A blue illustration of a man trying to stay afloat in the ocean as he calls for help.

A Miserable Fishing Trip Turned into a Miraculous Midnight Rescue I’ll Never Forget

By Clavis. E. Akridge

Cans of spam on the shelf

The Best Bait You Can Buy at the Dollar Store

By Raymundo Ruiz Jr.

A bunch of poisonous or toxic plants silhouetted on a sludge-green background.

Foraging & Gardening

These Are the 12 Most Dangerous Plants Hiding in Plain Sight. How Many Can You Identify?

By Craig Caudill

A color illustration of a game warden firing warning shots at a man stumbling in front of a car.

Wildlife Management

The Night a Wisconsin Game Warden Took One Last Call

Giant Hogweed in a river bed

Foraging & Gardening

‘My Face Started Peeling.’ This Weed Is 20 Feet Tall, Causes Chemical Burns, and Might Be in Your Local Woods

By Natalie Krebs

Group of nightcrawlers in soil.

How to Catch Nightcrawlers for DIY Live Bait

A buck in velvet eats mushrooms in the woods

Wildlife Management

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Easily Grow a Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of loggers throwing a rope to rescue swimmers.

We Risked Everything for the Best Fishing of Our Lives — and It Almost Cost Us

A walleye fisherman holds up a fat early-spring walleye.

Walleye Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Secrets for Catching Huge Early-Spring Walleyes in Any Scenario

9mm vs. 300 BLK

Semi-Automatic Rifles

9mm Luger vs .300 Blackout: These Cartridges Have More In Common Than You Think

By Frank Melloni

An illustration of a man-eating black bear facing off with a group of armed rescuers.

The Last Time I Saw My Friend Alive, He Told Me About the Black Bears Getting into His Garbage

An illustration of a man named muskie joe

Pike and Muskie Fishing

The Legend of Muskie Joe, the Man Who Searched His Entire Life for a 6-Foot Fish

An illustration of a man punching another man with a net of pickerel during a historic run.

The Day Millions of Pickerel Saved My Starving Town — and Nearly Ruined My Favorite Fishing Hole

An illustration of a whale swimming straight for a group of canoers

I Paddled 850 Miles to Hudson Bay in a Canoe, and Fished to Eat Along the Way

By David Jarden

An angler holds a fat bunker.

The Most Important Baitfish in the Ocean Will Fast-Track You to the Fish of a Lifetime

A green yellow illustration of a man descending a cliff.

Wilderness Survival

It Took Rescuers Days to Find Us in a Remote Canyon. It Took Even Longer to Figure Out How to Get Us Out

By Keith E. Oveson

A hunter with a mule deer buck tagged in Montana.

Mule Deer Hunting

It Was Supposed to Be the Toughest Deer Season in Years. We Hunted Anyway

By Andrew McKean

Ruger says Beretta Holding is trying to seize control of its company.

Beretta Quietly Became the Largest Shareholder of Ruger. Now the American Gunmaker Is Warning of a Takeover

By Natalie Krebs

A portrait of a smiling woman with a big leather hat beside a cactus against a blue sky

This Survival Instructor Wants You to Know the Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You

By Andrew McKean

A fishing guide holds up a stud rainbow in front of a client.

We Got in a Full-Blown Feud with a Rival Fishing Lodge. It Ended with a State Trooper Sting

Two Irish hunters crawl after curlew in an illustration.

Upland Bird Hunting

I Thought Snipe Hunting Was a Joke. Then I Moved to Ireland

Joe Cermele holds up a nice trout on a cold day between winter and spring.

Quick Strike Podcast: The Secret to Fishing the Weirdest, Trickiest Time of the Year

Five rifle cartridges on a piece of wood with a blue background.

Why Some Rifle Cartridges Endure, and Others (Even Favorites) Die Out

By Jack O'Connor, with an introduction by Tyler Freel

Whitewater rapids on a little known river in Alaska.

In Alaska, Even a Seemingly Unremarkable River Can Offer the Adventure of a Lifetime

By Christine Peterson

Thick trees in the fog

Wilderness Survival

A Lost Kid Wandered into My Camp. It’s a Miracle He Found It

By Nick Fasciano

An angler holds a purple snakehead in spawning colors.

These Anglers Are Breaking Records (Almost) No One Cares About

By Michael Carr

Big Game Hunting

The Red Stag Roar in New Zealand Is the Craziest Rut Hunt on the Planet

By Scott Haugen

A man holds up a huge brown trout.

These 6 Full-Time Fish Bums Are Living the Dream — But Not Without Sacrifices